Pete Thomas

Pete Thomas is a British music producer, TV and film composer, recording musician, and saxophonist. He was born in London and is based in Southampton, England.

Career

Thomas studied saxophone at Leeds College of Music, obtaining a first class diploma. He has worked as head of jazz and pop performance at University of Southampton, where he also taught saxophone and composition. He had one of his first professional gigs with Fats Domino. This led to working with Joe Jackson on his Jumpin' Jive album and world tours, as saxophonist and co-arranger. He composed music for Blue Ice featuring Michael Caine, Monkey Business for Meridian TV and American Kickboxer II. His work has also been featured in the video game Fallout New Vegas. He has also worked with Bill Haley & His Comets, Elton John, PJ Harvey, The Proclaimers, R.E.M., Cliff Richard, Dave Stewart, Richard Thompson, Kim Wilde, and Jimmy Witherspoon.

Discography

Title Label Year NotesMr. Lucky Mermaid 2007 Audio/video CD Midnight in the Naked City Mermaid 2011 CD album Big Mermaid 2013 CD album Mad, Bad & Remixed UPPM (Universal) 2014 Collaboration with various DJs Boppin' with Lee Mermaid 2020 Single - Feat. Lee Allen (musician)